A Field Guide to Personality Disorders in Animals

Paranoid personality disorder:
characterized by irrational suspicions and mistrust of others.

Schizoid personality disorder:

lack of interest in social relationships, seeing no point in sharing time with others, anhedonia, introspection.

Schizotypal personality disorder:

characterized by odd behavior or thinking.

Antisocial personality disorder:

a pervasive disregard for the rights of others, lack of empathy, and (generally) a pattern of regular criminal activity.

Borderline personality disorder: extreme "black and white" thinking, instability in relationships, self-image, identity and behavior often leading to self-harm and impulsivity. Borderline personality disorder is diagnosed in three times as many females as males

Histrionic personality disorder: pervasive attention-seeking behavior including inappropriately seductive behavior and shallow or exaggerated emotions.

Narcissistic personality disorder: a pervasive pattern of grandiosity, need for admiration, and a lack of empathy. Characterized by self-importance, preoccupations with fantasies, belief that they are special, including a sense of entitlement and a need for excessive admiration, and extreme levels of jealousy and arrogance.

Avoidant personality disorder: social inhibition, feelings of inadequacy, extreme sensitivity to negative evaluation and avoidance of social interaction.

Dependent personality disorder: pervasive psychological dependence on other people.

Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder: characterized by rigid conformity to rules, moral codes and excessive orderliness.

Depressive personality disorder – is a pervasive pattern of depressive cognitions and behaviors beginning by early adulthood.

Passive-aggressive (negativistic) personality disorder – is a pattern of negative attitudes and passive resistance in interpersonal situations.